Exhibited at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, now in the ICRC Restaurant ahead of International Migrants Day, for three days only Donya Hafezi Haghani works …
The ICRC is very concerned about the rise in violence in the run-up to the election in Burundi. It is appealing for calm and is calling for Red Cross staff and volunteers to be allowed to do their …
It was a whirlwind, red-letter romance. Mariegen Sumaylo was then a 31-year-old field nurse for the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in 1991 when she first met her colleague, Alfonsito “Fons” Balo, in …
… on civilians, such as the loss of jobs and livelihood. We hope that these farm …
… province, they have survived by doing odd jobs in the fields, and they have been …
Five years since the revolution in Libya the bullets are still flying. The situation is getting worse as fighting intensifies, pushing people out of their homes. The following are portraits of four …
11-03-2016 Karachi (ICRC) - Today, a public-service campaign was launched in Karachi to get motorists to give way to ambulances and generally increase respect for ambulance services. Joining forces …
Three years after they were set up, three physical rehabilitation centres have been handed over to the Indus Hospital Network by the ICRC. Over 14,000 people with disabilities have so far benefited …
Maissam Hamoui lives with her family in Aleppo. The war has been a part of family life for more than four years now. "I could get a nice job in France where both of my brothers live, but I have to …
''Somebody hold my hand,'' shouted Abdullah, a 23 year old internally displaced person (IDP), as he roamed through his village in South Kordofan, amidst the sound of gunshots and the smell of smoke, …
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